Related Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

Amount Due to Related Party as of

December 31,

2022

2021

Name

Nature of Relationship

Description of the Transactions

(in thousands)

Seahawk

Debt Issuer

In 2019, the Company raised and converted $18.4 million from prior debt into new, outstanding debt and issued 13.5 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock.

20,787

19,977

Intelsat

Debt Issuer

In 2019, the Company entered into a term loan facility for $50.0 million and issued 20.2 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock.

56,345

54,149


							Amount Due to Related Party as of
			Total Payments in the year ended December 31,				December 31,		December 31,
	Nature of Relationship		2022		2021		2022		2021
Name		Description of the Transactions	(in thousands)
LeoStella	Joint Venture	Design, development and manufacture of multiple satellites.	$	28,042	$	19,257	$	3,728	$	8,381
X-Bow	Equity Method Investee	In 2017, the Company received stock in X-Bow. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had a less than 20% investment in X-Bow and had one Board seat. As described in Note 7, the Company has engaged X-Bow to develop a rocket for the Company.	900		1,865		—		—

Ursa Space Systems	Strategic Partner	The chairman of the Company’s board of directors, Will Porteous, is also an investor and member of the board of directors of Ursa Space Systems. The Company has a non-cancelable operational commitment with Ursa Space Systems.	583		809		—		83
Thales Alenia Space	Shareholder and Parent of Wholly-owned Subsidiary, Seahawk (Debt Issuer)	Design, development and manufacture of telescopes.	11,388		6,050		693		—